• Developed statewide materials purchasing contracts
• Lobbied and obtained the end of use taxes on books
• Provide continuing education credits for school librarians
• Sponsor the Horner Fellowship
• Provide regional forums to obtain statewide input to the association
• Nominate young librarians to the Snowbird Leadership Institute

Webinar Description:  

OCLC's From Awareness To Funding studies exposed a disturbing truth: use has nothing to do with library support. Moreover, public support for libraries is falling. Yet those of us working in libraries know how powerful and even transformational our services can be both for individuals and communities. So if the threat to our existence has been growing, and it has, for over 60 years, how do we tell a library story that actually changes hearts and minds?

Join Sharon Morris and Jamie LaRue to learn what makes a compelling story, get some practice telling one, and understand the brain research that makes it work.

Sharon Morris has taught an advocacy storytelling workshop for the Research Institute for Public Libraries boot camp offered throughout the country. She offers professional development online and in-person on various topics and lives in the mountain west of Colorado.

Jamie LaRue is an author and speaker with over 40 years of library administration experience.